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Phasein of Java bundles in an environment with different bundles and dependencies between these bundles

FI is going to modernize its backend application, that means it will migrate its programs step by step to Java. As runtime Environment we use CICS TS. CICS TS supports the Integration of Cobol and Java. Currently we deploy our Java part in one CIC...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CPSM Audit Log needed for all CPSM EYUDREP resource changes

CICS provides complete audit logging of all changes made either through CEDA or CEMT. For example, a CEDA change to a program results in this in the MSGUSR DD output: TC20 CEDA CVMGT1 BEFORE 06/14/17 18:48:35 ALTER PROGRAM(GJTABCD) GROUP(TESTGJT) ...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Threadsafe for Function shipping over MRO

This requirement is raised on behalf of CEB. CEB is under threadsafe change and find out that there are too many TCB switches in a transaction as Function shipping over MRO API are non-threadsafe. So they need function shipping API are threadsafe ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Need a field (attribute), of the TASK resource table, which allows me to have the CPU time of a "THREADSAFE" task.

In a threadsafe application, all DB2 Requests stays on L8 TCB.The cputime is only going to get updated when we come off the L8 TCB. (If it were a quasirent applicatoion and switched back to QR after every DB2 request, the cputime would be accumula...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Enhance EYU9XEUT to delete data spaces for individual CMAS

Currently, the CICSPlex System Manager utility EYU9XEUT batch utility can be used to display various items of information about the Environment Services System Services (ESSS) on the image or terminate the address space proving the services. Shoul...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CICS - client connectivity to MQ

CICS is our primary transaction server on z/OS. MQ is our primary messaging software - on both z/OS and Distributed. Currently, CICS is restricted to connect to only 1 MQM (and that too in Bindings mode). We request that CICS be able to connect to...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

MICROSECONDS time option in FORMATTIME API

Providing a MICROSECONDS option in FORMATTIME CICS API
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

a new command if you have a address that is returned from a exec cics getmain it will be nice to able to ask CICS the size of the getmained area

if you are using getmain shared from one program and you get the address passed to a another program it will be nice if there was a command where you can ask cics storage manager how long the getmained area is from program number 2. cics do know i...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CICS/TS - USS enhancements

In order to keep the USS files and programs synchronized with the LOAD LIBRARIES (LPA etc.) we currently have these options:1. Separate SMP/E environment for each stage (development, system test etc.). This requires PTFs to be applied for each sta...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Selective suppression of dumps based on PSW location

Customers often suppress AP0001 abends in their System Dump code table because, by and large, they are for ASRA, AKEA, S0C4 or S0C1 in application programs. Unfortunately that also suppresses these dumps when they occur in DFH* modules. So, when r...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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